Mother Bound : Autobiography In Search of a Father

Jill Johnston

An autobiography from author, critic and journalist Jill Johnston. Among other things, Johnston recalls a childhood in which all of her authority figures and role models were female, forming a career during the early sixties, and the conflict between working and motherhood. [details]

Journal [LAICA Journal]

No. 32 (Spring 1982)

Frances Colpitt, Donald Judd, Mark Johnstone, Michael Smith, Bob Smith, Sally Ruth Bourrie, Phyllis Tuchman, Allan Kaprow, Dan Giesler, Jan Butterfield, Greg Card, Henk Elenga, Jim Pomeroy, Chauncey Joe Stromie, James Alan Ganzer

Issue edited by Frances Colpitt. Contents include "The Importance of Permanence," by Donald Judd; "Intentional Acts of Identification : Legrady and Maclay," by Mark Johnstone; "Mr. Smith Goes to the Airport," by Michael Smith; Bruce Nauman Interview with Bob Smith; " Magnificent Obsession : The Drawings of David Smith," by Sally Ruth Bourrie; "Anthony Caro's Emma Lake Sculptures," by Phyllis Tuchman; "The Activity Art of Allan Kaprow and the Notion of Functional Sculpture," by Dan Giesler; "Context : Light and Space as Art," by Jan Butterfield; Artists' Pages by Greg Card, Henk Elenga, Jim Pomeroy, Chauncey Joe Stromie, James Alan Ganzer; artists' biographies, and Colson's Corner. [details]

BOMB Magazine

Vol. 1 No. 1 (Spring 1981)

Betsy Sussler, Sarah Charlesworth, Leslie Schiff, Kathy Acker, Duncan Hannah, Michael McClard, Tony L'Hotsky, Craig Gholson, Michael Oblowitz, Anthony McCall, Claire Pajaczkowska, Andrew Tyndall, Jane Weinstock, Duncan Smith, Terence Sellers, Eric Mitchell, David Ehrestein, Glenn O'Brien, Gary Indiana, Liza Bear, David Walter McDermott III, Cookie Mueller, Lynne Tillman, Becky Johnston, Betsy Sussler, Joan Jonas, Jimmy de Sana, Amos Poe, Sarah Charlesworth, Mark Magill

Edited by Betsy Sussler. Cover design by Sarah Charlesworth. Essays "Part IV of XXLV Seasons," by Leslie Schiff; "Great Expectations," by Kathy Acker; "Lullabye," by Duncan Hannah; "Motive," Michael McClard interviewed by Kathy Acker; "I Was An Extra. ... [details]

The Poetry Reading : A Contemporary Compendium on Language and Performance

Stephen Vincent, Ellen Zweig, Jessica Hagedorn, Hilton Obenzinger, Alta, Frances Jaffer, Barry Eisenberg, Victor Hernández Cruz, Harry Lewis, Thulani Davis, James Humphrey, David Guss, Howard Norman, Jerome Rothenberg, Tom Schmidt, James Schevill, Eileen Shukofsky, Jackson Mac Low, Ron Silliman, David Antin, Linda Montano, Faye Kicknosway, Don Grabau, Al King, Cid Corman, Alan Austin, Norma Smith, Robert Peters, Charles Amirkhanian, Charlie Morrow, Steve McCaffery, Larry Wendt, Francis O. Sinclair, Lorine Niedecker, Ron Sukenick, Ted Pearson, Frances Butler, Graham Mackintosh, Alastair Johnston, Betsy Davids, Jim Petrillo, Holbrook Teter, Michael Myers, Cheryl Miller

"The Poetry Reading : A Contemporary Compendium on Language & Performance is a vital and major volume of essays, interviews, and original materials that explore the rich sources, influences, and the vibrant current condition of how poetry is performed and revealed in a variety of contexts. ... [details]

Disney Animation : The Illusion of Life

[First Edition, Third Printing]

Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston

Monograph on the wonderful world of Walt Disney, by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. "Not to be mistaken for just a 'how-to-doit,' this voluminously illustrated volume - like the classic Disney films themselves - is definitely intended for everyone to enjoy. ... [details]

Judson Dance Theater : 1962 - 1966

Wendy Perron, Dan Cameron, Jill Johnston, Sally Banes

Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, 1981. Edited by Wendy Perron and Daniel J. Cameron. Text by Jill Johnston and Sally Banes. Illustrated in black-and-white. ... [details]

Scenarios : Scripts to Perform

Richard Kostelantz, Marina Abramovic, Ulay, Blair H. Allen, Charles Amirkhanian, Michael Andre, Bruce Andrews, Mel Andringa, Anna Banana, Amari Baraka, Peter H. Barnett, Wolfgang Bauer, Lee Baxandall, Allan Bealy, Kenneth Bernard, George Brecht, Carolyn Brown, Ed Bullins, Donald Burgy, John Cage, Carl D. Clark, Guy de Cointet, David Cole, Paul Epstein, Loris Essary, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Robert Filliou, A.M. Fine, Richard Foreman, Peter Frank, Ken Friedman, Malcolm Goldstein, Paul Goodman, Dan Graham, Spalding Gray, Charles Gruber, Guerrilla Art Action Group, Anna Halprin, Ihab Hassan, Scott Helmes, Bob Heman, Hi Red Center, Dick Higgins, William M. Hoffman, Jerry Hunt, Patrick Ireland, Tom Johnson, Ben Johnston, Sheila Keenan, George Ketterl, Michael Kirby, Alison Knowles, Christopher Knowles, Kenneth J. Leon, The Living Theatre, Philip Lopate, Alvin Lucier, Mary Lucier, Otto Luening, Toby Lurie, Jackson Mac Low, George Maciunas, Sarah Maclay, Toby MacLennan, Aaron Marcus, Kenneth Maue, Michael McClure, Jonas Mekas, Dave Morice, Charlie Morrow, Linda Mussman, Opal Louis Nations, Claes Oldenburg, Rochelle Owens, Nam June Paik, Pedro Pietri, Le Plan K, Bern Porter, Rachel Rosenthal, Jerome Rothenberg, R. Murray Schafer, Francis Schwartz, Stephen Scobie, Douglas Barbour, Stuart Sherman, Mieko Shiomi, Paul Sills, Stuart Smith, Gertrude Stein, Conciere Taylor, Jim Theobald, Lorenzo Thomas, Fred Truck, Tristan Tzara, Wolf Vostell, Keith Waldrop, Robert Watts, Carole Weber, Emmett Williams, Robert Wilson, Nina Yankowitz, Paul Zelevansky

Anthology of theatrical/performative scripts and documents conceived as of as a companion to Breakthrough Fictioneers and Essaying Essays. Compiled and edited by Richard Kostelantz. Features contributions by Marina Abramovic, Ulay, Blair H. ... [details]

Artforum

Vol. 17, No. 10 (Summer 1979)

Joseph Masheck, Hugh Adams, Carole Naggar, Budd Hopkins, John Johnston, Francine Tyler, Steven Kasher, Regina Hackett, Erik Saxon, Nicolas Calas, Peter Schjeldahl, Carrie Rickey, Hal Foster, Jeff Perrone, C.L. Morrison, Joanna Frueh, Susan Platt, Hal Fischer, Ronald J. Onorato, Franz Kline

Issue edited by Joseph Masheck. Essay "Alexander Rodchenko: The Simple and the Commonplace," by Hugh Adams; "The Photomontages of José Renau," by Carole Naggar; "Franz Kline's Color Abstractions: Remembering and Looking Afresh," by Budd Hopkins; "Michael Goldberg's New Paintings," by John Johnston; "Angela Jansen, Printmaker," by Francine Tyler; "Seven Artists of Israel," by Steven Kasher; "Oliver Lee Jackson: Forms that Feeling Takes," by Regina Hackett; "Planar Constructions and the Planar Dimension," by Erik Saxon; "Books: 'The Third Mind,'" by Nicolas Calas. ... [details]

Cover

Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 1980)

Judith Aminoff, Ida Applebroog, Rhys Chatham, Tom Dean, Fernando de Filippi, Eldon Garnet, Government, Nicole Gravier, Nancy Holt, Becky Johnston, Micha Laury, Robert Smithson, Ralph McRae, Raybeats, Gordon Stevenson, Shelley Rice, Bill Jordon, Ethan Gutman, Vito Acconci, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Tim Page, Lisa Kahane, Peter Fend, Dieter Froese, Dara Birnbaum, Stefan Eins, Annette Barbasch, Dennis Oppenheim, Patrick Sellitto Jr., Gerard Hovagimyan, Richard Nonas, Richard Serra, Jene Highstein, Suzanne Harris

January 1980 issue of the quarterly publication Cover. Edited by Judith Aminoff. Contents include: "Circuits,' featuring Ida Applebroog, Rhys Chatham, Tom Dean, Fernando de Filippi, Eldon Garnet, Government, Nicole Gravier, Nancy Holt, Becky Johnston, Micha Laury, Ralph McRae, Raybeats, Robert Smithson, and Gordon Stevenson; "Speaking Out," by Shelley Rice; "A Manifesto for Photographic Criticism in a New Age," by Bill Jordon; a photograph by Ethan Gutman; "Towards a Theory of Image / Instrument / Decoration," by Vito Acconci; "Steve Reich / Philip Glass: Dialogue with Tim Page;" "Frame of Reference," by Lisa Kahane; "AT THE HANDS OF EARTH. ... [details]